In the past life, the most famous combination of the Suns was Nash and Stoudmayer, and their blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation was extremely accorded and made each other better. Now Xiao Si has become Nash's bitter master, and he always blocks Nash again and again when the two teams compete.

Nash's single defense ability is underestimated, defensive awareness and defensive skills are okay, his weakness is that he is not good at blocking and dismantling, chasing defense speed is not fast enough, and changing the interior line can only rely on opportunism, and he has more than enough strength but not enough.

The Mavericks attacked, and Nash dribbled to the front court and passed to Nowitzki.

The "German chariot" singles is a very powerful tactic of the Mavericks, and the Lakers could not defend this move in the last round of the series. Nowitzki's two 40+ games and a stunning series performance.

Nowitzki is the league's most attacking power forward, and once it turns on the real ability to shoot dead, the Suns have to make targeted arrangements. Not only can he shoot from mid-to-long distance, but he can also break through with his face and back, and make a lot of free throws.

In eight playoff games last season, Nowitzki averaged 28.4 points, 13.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 2 steals and 0.8 blocks per game, averaging two three-pointers per game and 9.3 free throws. This year, he had similar first-round stats and a higher shooting percentage.

As soon as Nowitzki received the ball, Haslem, who is 203cm tall, fought close to him and defended from behind.

Nowitzki leaned on his back and didn't squeeze at all, turned to the right and was followed, Haslem kept close, one hand interfered, and at 45 degrees on the right side, Nowitzki retreated and turned but couldn't open up space, the offensive rhythm was disrupted, and he chose to pass.

Finley took the ball and was close to Marion, and if he couldn't break through, he would find Nash again, and Guo Xu also took close defense.

Compared to the regular season, the NBA playoffs are more confrontational, and the teams have no reservations, because if they can't win, they will be eliminated.

Nash and Lafrenz cooperated with the blocking, and Joe Johnson blocked the breakthrough route on the right side, and Guo Xu chased and formed a bag clip.

The Suns opened with a mixed defense, with Guo Xu and Haslem marking people, and the other three in charge of the area.

The coaching staff studied the series between the Mavericks and the Lakers in the last round, trying to get the Mavericks to shoot from role players who are not good at offense, and because of this, LaFrentz only had two games with relatively high scores, which although there are weaknesses, but it is better than having all three stars open up the situation, so it is too difficult to win against the Mavericks.

Nash passed the ball to Lafrenz in the middle, Xiao Si kept a two-step distance, his defense is still very problematic, experienced interior will rush directly to the close, relying on the body to block the view, the opponent unless there is an absolute height advantage, otherwise it is not easy to assist teammates, let alone shoot easily.

Lafrenz saw Nahoola in the air and dribbled to the left low post, who caught the ball and scored for Joe Johnson to chase a step slowly. 3 to 2.

The father and son of Colangelo, who were watching the game in front of the TV, felt a little regretful, and they could have prevented it if they had been a little faster, but this was the mistake that newcomers would make, and it was a necessary tuition fee.

Those who defend well may not be reliable offensively, and the Pistons and Nets are examples. You can't have it both ways, the Suns are good now, and when the players are focused, the single defense ability is not as vulnerable as the media says.

The Suns attacked, the tactics just now played again, Guo Xu first relied on the right side to cover the ball without the ball to run to receive the ball, this time attracting Nowitzki to change the defense, he didn't have a chance to shoot, dribbled sideways with the ball, Xiao Sikong cut, Lafrenz retreated to block.

Guo Xu dribbled the ball towards Nowitzki, attracted his attention and Nash chased the ball, passed the ball to the middle, and Haslem received the ball at the free throw line and shot an open shot, hitting two points steadily. 5 to 2.

The tactics arranged by the coach before the game came out, and when he returned to the defense, the excited Haslem clapped his hands with Guo Xu hard.

Guo Xu rubbed his right hand and said with a wry smile: "If I don't feel good today, I will be slapped by you." ”

In the Mavericks' positional battle, Nash brought to the front court to observe the situation, played blocking and dismantling with Nowitzki, and brought himself to the weak side, Marion contracted and pushed it, Nash gave the ball to Finley, Guo Xu did not chase Nash, and chased directly to Finley outside the three-point line on the left side.

After playing three seasons in the NBA, Guo Xu began to understand what was going on in the help defense, which required players to have a quick reaction to predict the opponent's actions, if he didn't have the ball close to him, Finley could easily shoot three points, and Marion would definitely be too late to pounce on the defense, and could only interfere slightly.

As long as it is close to even a short guard, the defensive effect is better than making people easy to pull out, Finley singled Guo Xu into the three-point line, leaned over and turned around and jumped out of the basket.

Guo Xu glanced back and immediately shook off Finley to break the fast attack, Marion grabbed the backcourt rebound and made a one-handed long pass, giving it to Guo Xu like a rugby 4th percentile, Nash chased the defense slowly and wanted to jump up and break the ball, but the bounce power was not good, and he couldn't reach it.

Guo Xu received the ball at the free throw line, took two steps to jump, and dunked the basketball with both hands.

7 to 2, 5th personal point.

The Mavericks attacked, Nowitzki received the ball and singled Haslem, leaned on his back twice, turned and jumped from the right side to the middle, missed the basket under interference, and the rebound was grabbed by Small.

Joe Johnson received the ball and dribbled a step to Guo Xu, Guo Xu took the ball to the front court on the left side, dribbled to the right under the crotch, and passed Nash in one step, the middle attracted Nahura to make up for the defense and threw the ball into the air, Marion flew up on the right side, and scored with both hands to catch the ball.

9 to 2, Guo Xu's second assist.

Zhang Li said: "The opening score has a tendency to pull away, the Suns are mainly anti-away, and their defense is also very good. ”

Xu Jicheng said: "The Suns changed Haslem to play the starter to strengthen the defense, which really worked. ”

Nash and Lafrentz didn't get a good shot on the pick-and-roll, and they were given to Nowitzki on the right.

Nowitzki received the ball with a three-way threat, dribbled to the baseline and made a pull-up jump shot, and under the interference of Haslem, he missed the basket again, Marion grabbed the rebound in the backcourt, held it in his arms and waited for Guo Xu to respond, stabilizing the rhythm.

Positional battle Guo Xu and Xiao Si in the middle of the block, the weak side broke through on the left, only Haslem was on the bottom line, and no one on the flank could wrap up.

Nowitzki changed the defense and blocked Guo Xu, otherwise he would have broken through directly.

Nash could only chase the defender, unable to stop Xiao Si from cutting into the air, Guo Xu made a 45-degree emergency stop and half turned to look at the middle, and passed the ball to the left bottom line of Haslem with his right hand, but did not pass Xiao Si.

Lafrentz retreated to the basket to prevent Xiao Si from cutting into the air, and the Mavericks players knew that this man could not defend himself, so he made full preparations before the game, leaving one person to deal with him near the restricted area. Teams that don't do so have come back in the regular season, with Xiao Si scoring more than 30 points and not making a layup if he can dunk.

Haslem received the ball in the open space and took a shot from outside the penalty line, but Nowitzki turned and it was too late to chase after the defense, and he hit another one.

11 to 2, Guo Xu's third assist.

Xu Jicheng sighed: "Haslem, the undrafted rookie, is very powerful, he has been losing weight in the regular season and has not had many opportunities to play, and now he can not only defend, but also score jumpers." ”

Zhang Li said: "The key is that Guo Xu attracted the bag, and Haslem was shorted twice. ”

Nelson Sr. was on the sidelines, and if he couldn't score in the next round, he was going to call a timeout.

Nowitzki held the ball again and singled, leaned on Haslem with his back to the baseline and turned around, was stuck in the position and failed to enter the basket, he relied on his height advantage to force a jump shot, the action was not very standardized, the body was a little tilted, and he was out again under the interference.

Nahura grabbed the rebound and pushed a foul, and Nelson Sr. called a timeout.